Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan returned to save the Purifier Squad and overwhelmed the Blood Butcher Organization members who had attacked them. After revealing that he had killed Bone Erosion Elder, he captured the fleeing survivors and offered the last one a chance to live if he answered a question.

• Jiang Fan appeared before Yu Lancuan and the injured Purifier Squad, then told them he would handle the remaining enemies.
• Jiang Fan revealed that he had killed the Level 13 Bone Erosion Elder, terrifying the Blood Butcher Organization members.
• The Blood Butcher Organization members fled, but Jiang Fan used his Gravity Domain to bring them down.
• Jiang Fan killed two members and left the last one begging for his life.
• Jiang Fan said he might spare the final member if he answered a question, and the man agreed to tell him everything he knew.

Jiang Fan learned that the Blood Butcher Organization had targeted the entire Purifier Squad using detailed information supplied by someone inside the Federal Arbitration Office. After ruling out the squad members, he concluded the traitor was likely among the Office’s upper ranks, leaving the group wondering who it could be.

• Jiang Fan questioned a Blood Butcher Organization member and learned the organization’s mission targeted the entire Purifier Squad, not just him.
• The captive revealed that the organization received weekly updates to the squad’s projected route and detailed information about its members.
• After verifying the information, Jiang Fan killed the captive and told the squad there was likely a traitor in the Federal Arbitration Office.
• Yu Lancuan asked how they could identify the traitor, and Jiang Fan explained that his Spiritual Power and the attack’s circumstances cleared the Purifier Squad members.
• The squad realized the leak likely came from the Office’s upper ranks and wondered who the traitor was.

Jiang Fan brought the Purifier Squad back to Qiyuan Star after a dangerous month-long journey, keeping their suspicions about a leak secret so they could investigate at headquarters. Meanwhile, Xu Shoushan worried over the squad’s month of silence as the Elder Council waited for news from its spies.

• Jiang Fan and the Purifier Squad found no clear lead on the leak and decided to return to the Federal Arbitration Office for safety.
• Jiang Fan led the squad home while they cut contact with headquarters and stayed alert for threats.
• After a month, Jiang Fan told the squad on Qiyuan Star to pretend they believed the Blood Butcher Organization had attacked for revenge and to conceal their deductions about a traitor.
• Xu Shoushan worried that the Purifier Squad had failed to report for a month, while Shi Bin argued that they might simply have delayed their return.
• The Grand Elder stopped Xu Shoushan and Shi Bin from arguing and told the Elder Council to wait for its spies in the Chaotic Star Domain to report.

Xu Shoushan and the Elder Council feared the Purifier Squad had been ambushed after reports of a powerful explosion in the Shattered Corridor. Just as Xu Shoushan argued for an immediate rescue, the squad returned safely to the Arbitration Tower.

• A staff member reported that the Shadow Organization had been wiped out, but the Purifier Squad was missing from the site.
• Xu Shoushan learned that witnesses had seen a Level 13 explosion near the Shattered Corridor and concluded the Purifier Squad’s Heavenly Dipper Formation had been shattered by powerful attackers.
• Xu Shoushan asked the Grand Elder for permission to investigate and rescue the squad, but the Grand Elder urged him to wait until they understood the enemy and its motives.
• A staff member announced that the Purifier Squad had returned safely and landed at the Arbitration Tower.

Jiang Fan and the Purifier Squad returned to Qiyuan Star, where the Elder Council arranged treatment for their injured members and asked what happened in the Shattered Corridor. Jiang Fan began explaining that another organization had ambushed them after they completed their mission, leaving the elders demanding to know who was responsible.

• Xu Shoushan rushed to the Arbitration Tower after learning that Jiang Fan and the Purifier Squad had returned, while the Grand Elder led the Elder Council to welcome them and ask about the mission.
• Jiang Fan told Xu Shoushan that all thirty squad members had returned, though several were seriously injured and needed immediate hospital care.
• The Grand Elder ordered Elder Ji Xin to arrange the best treatment for the injured Purifier Squad members.
• The Grand Elder asked Jiang Fan why contact had broken off after the squad reached the Shadow Organization's core region.
• Jiang Fan described the squad's successful mission against the Shadow Organization and said they were ambushed by another organization while preparing to leave White Willow Star.
• Xu Shoushan demanded to know who had attacked the Purifier Squad.

Jiang Fan reported that the Blood Butcher Organization had ambushed his Purifier Squad and revealed that he had recently reached Level 13. The Elder Council debated how the organization learned the squad’s supposedly secret location, then ordered a task force to plan a campaign against it, leaving Jiang Fan suspicious of several elders and seeking Elder Xu Shoushan.

• Jiang Fan recounted the Blood Butcher Organization’s ambush and said he had killed its attackers in self-defense.
• Jiang Fan confirmed he had broken through to Level 13, stunning Elder Xu Shoushan and the other elders.
• Elder Xu Shoushan questioned how the Blood Butcher Organization had learned the Purifier Squad’s location, and Elder Shi Bin and another elder proposed possible leaks.
• Elder Xu Shoushan rejected the leak theories, argued with another elder, and the Grand Elder redirected the discussion toward attacking the Blood Butcher Organization.
• The Grand Elder ordered the Elder Council to form a task force within one day and finalize an action plan within three days, then dismissed Jiang Fan to rest.
• Jiang Fan, increasingly suspicious of the elders, hurried after Elder Xu Shoushan and called for him to wait.

Jiang Fan secretly told Xu Shoushan how the Blood Butcher Organization ambushed the Purifier Squad, explaining that their precise interception suggested someone in the Federal Arbitration Office had leaked the team’s intelligence. Xu Shoushan agreed to investigate the suspected elders discreetly, then realized they had not yet uncovered the attackers’ motive.

• Jiang Fan pulled Xu Shoushan aside and recounted the ambush in the Shattered Corridor and his conversations with the Blood Butcher Organization members.
• Jiang Fan said the attack confirmed his suspicion that someone inside the Federal Arbitration Office had leaked the Purifier Squad’s location.
• Xu Shoushan became furious but praised Jiang Fan for withholding the information publicly so they could preserve evidence and investigate in secret.
• Jiang Fan and Xu Shoushan discussed possible suspects among the elders, while agreeing they needed evidence before making accusations.
• Xu Shoushan pointed out that they had focused on who leaked the coordinates but had overlooked why the Blood Butcher Organization targeted the Purifier Squad.

Xu Shoushan told Jiang Fan that Purifier missions had suffered suspicious losses for years, suggesting an organization inside the Federal Arbitration Office was eliminating its promising recruits. Jiang Fan asked to leave Qiyuan Star to investigate the Blood Butcher Organization, believing it could be evidence or a lead, while Xu Shoushan objected.

• Xu Shoushan explained that Purifier missions had suffered repeated disasters over the past five years and suspected someone inside the Federal Arbitration Office had arranged them to destroy its new force.
• Xu Shoushan warned Jiang Fan to keep quiet, stay on Qiyuan Star, and let him secretly investigate and report to the President.
• Jiang Fan asked Xu Shoushan for permission to leave Qiyuan Star and go to the Blood Butcher Organization's lair after its members had tried to kill him again.
• Xu Shoushan refused, warning Jiang Fan that entering the Blood Butcher Organization's stronghold alone was too dangerous.
• Jiang Fan argued that the Blood Butcher Organization might be evidence someone would try to destroy, and that investigating it could provide another lead.

Jiang Fan secretly left Qiyuan Star to investigate the Blood Butcher Organization, carrying Xu Shoushan’s introduction to a black-market tavern on Gray Rock Star. As his spacecraft began the long journey, Jiang Fan started cultivating and rapidly absorbing energy.

• Jiang Fan convinced Xu Shoushan to let him pursue the Blood Butcher Organization without official support.
• Xu Shoushan gave Jiang Fan a miniature bronze sword and directed him to Broken Blade Tavern on Gray Rock Star, where its owner, Old Smoker, could provide basic information.
• Jiang Fan publicly claimed he was entering seclusion and secretly left Qiyuan Star with Xu Shoushan’s cover.
• After leaving the Qiyuan Star Domain’s core region, Jiang Fan set course for Gray Rock Star on a voyage expected to last about fifty days.
• Jiang Fan began cultivating aboard the spacecraft, absorbing Crystal Cores and Spirit Liquid as his vital-blood value surged.

After fifty days of cultivation, Jiang Fan’s vitality reached sixty-four million, and he traveled to Gray Rock Star to find Broken Blade Tavern. As he arrived, locals discussed the impending Federal Army withdrawal and the struggle over the planet’s remaining resources, while a potbellied man called for Old Smoker.

• Jiang Fan finished cultivating, noted his increased vitality, and ordered the main pilot to travel at full speed to Gray Rock Star.
• Jiang Fan landed in the Windy Sand Zone, stored his aircraft in Bead Space, and located Broken Blade Tavern in White Stone City.
• Jiang Fan arrived at Broken Blade Tavern and observed its unusual customers and rundown surroundings.
• Customers discussed the Federal Army’s imminent withdrawal and the remaining resources that would be left on Gray Rock Star.
• A potbellied middle-aged man entered and called for Old Smoker to discuss a business deal.

Quake approached Old Smoker to recruit the Broken Blade Tavern into a Yellow Sand Cult alliance for claiming Gray Rock Star’s resources after the Federal army withdrew. Old Smoker rejected his offer, and Quake threatened her with force.

• Quake visited Old Smoker’s tavern and said he wanted to discuss a major deal.
• Old Smoker and Quake discussed the Federal Government’s planned withdrawal and the scramble for Gray Rock Star’s remaining resources.
• Quake proposed that the Broken Blade Tavern come under the Yellow Sand Cult and offered Old Smoker ten percent of the profits.
• Old Smoker refused, suspecting Quake intended to take control of the tavern’s intelligence network.
• Quake crushed his glass and warned Old Smoker not to reject his offer.

Quake tried to force Old Smoker to merge the Broken Blade Tavern into the Yellow Sand Cult, but Lord Crocodile’s attack revealed that several people in the tavern could fight back. Old Smoker was pulled toward Lord Crocodile after the guards and patrons were pinned down, then struck him with a palm that revealed Old Smoker was also Level 12.

• Quake arrived at the Broken Blade Tavern with guards and Lord Crocodile, whose Level 12 martial aura intimidated everyone inside.
• Quake demanded that Old Smoker merge the Broken Blade Tavern into the Yellow Sand Cult, but Old Smoker refused despite Quake’s threats and the patrons’ pleas.
• Lord Crocodile attacked Old Smoker, but a Broken Blade fighter intervened and was knocked into a wall.
• The fighter summoned the Broken Blade Guards, but Lord Crocodile’s pressure pinned them and the patrons to the floor.
• Lord Crocodile pulled Old Smoker toward him, and Old Smoker struck him with a palm that made him retreat and revealed Old Smoker was Level 12.

Quake had Lord Crocodile overpower Old Smoker and A Jie, then ordered the Broken Blade Tavern's people and patrons seized for the Yellow Sand Cult. A call on Quake's communicator interrupted the roundup.

• Old Smoker and A Jie teamed up against Lord Crocodile, but his power crushed them to their knees.
• Quake taunted Old Smoker and demanded the Broken Blade Tavern's hidden-agent authorization.
• Old Smoker refused, so Quake ordered his men to bind her, him, and the tavern's patrons and take them to the Yellow Sand Cult.
• Quake answered his communicator, reacted with delight to the news, and told the caller to stay put.

Old Smoker gave Quake a Miniature Light Computer that supposedly controlled the Broken Blade Tavern's intelligence network, but Quake was poisoned when he tried to claim access. Old Smoker revealed that the poison was Five-Colored Coral and warned that Quake would die without an antidote.

• Old Smoker went upstairs and returned with a sandalwood box while Lord Crocodile allowed him to proceed.
• Old Smoker explained that the Miniature Light Computer held the Broken Blade Tavern's intelligence and agent deployments, and that its administrative access controlled the network.
• Old Smoker opened the computer and prompted Quake to enter his fingerprint to obtain administrative access.
• When Quake pressed his thumb to the computer, a needle pierced him and drew a bead of blackish blood.
• Quake accused Old Smoker of ambushing him and ordered Lord Crocodile to kill him, but Old Smoker revealed that Quake had been poisoned with Five-Colored Coral and would need an antidote.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Broken Blade Tavern seeking Old Smoker and used Xu Quezi’s miniature bronze sword to confirm her identity. After killing Lord Crocodile and crushing the Yellow Sand Cult members, he left Old Smoker safe, though the chapter ended before they could talk privately.

• Jiang Fan entered the Broken Blade Tavern and asked for Old Smoker, learning that the woman present was her.
• Lord Crocodile warned Jiang Fan to stay out of the Yellow Sand Cult’s punishment of Old Smoker and the tavern.
• Jiang Fan showed Old Smoker the Miniature Bronze Longsword, and she recognized its connection to Xu Quezi.
• Old Smoker urged Jiang Fan to flee and carry word of her fate to Xu Quezi, but Jiang Fan promised to protect her.
• Lord Crocodile attacked Jiang Fan, who caught his claw, sent him crashing into a wall, and killed him with a finger strike.
• Jiang Fan crushed Quake and the remaining Yellow Sand Cult members as they tried to escape.

Jiang Fan killed Lord Crocodile and the Yellow Sand Cult fighters who had threatened Old Smoker, then asked her to talk. Old Smoker agreed the tavern patrons could leave but said she still had an unresolved matter, which she began explaining to Jiang Fan.

• The tavern patrons feared Jiang Fan after he killed Lord Crocodile and dozens of Yellow Sand Cult fighters in an instant.
• Old Smoker thanked Jiang Fan for saving her, and he said he had acted because he needed her help.
• Jiang Fan asked whether the remaining patrons needed to stay, and Old Smoker dismissed them after they begged for mercy.
• Jiang Fan asked Old Smoker to talk, but she said she still had an unresolved matter and began recounting what had happened in the tavern.

Jiang Fan received information from Old Smoker about the Blood Butcher Organization and its role in the Yellow Sand Cult’s activity on Gray Rock Star. He learned that Blood Owl was overseeing the operation in Ziling City, then left after telling Old Smoker that Xu Quezi still seemed to value their past.

• Jiang Fan reminded Old Smoker that the Broken Blade Tavern respected customer privacy, and she apologized before giving him documents about the Blood Butcher Organization.
• Old Smoker explained that she helped because Jiang Fan carried Xu Quezi’s keepsake, and she warned him that the organization was powerful.
• Old Smoker revealed that the Yellow Sand Cult was an affiliated force acting to seize Gray Rock Star’s remaining resources as the Federation withdrew.
• Old Smoker said the Blood Butcher Organization had sent its Vice President Blood Owl, a Level 13 Great Expert, to oversee the operation from the Yellow Sand Cult headquarters in Ziling City.
• Jiang Fan thanked Old Smoker and prepared to leave, then told her Xu Quezi was an Elder of the Federal Arbitration Office Elder Council and suggested he still cherished their past.

Jiang Fan investigated Blood Owl by sensing the Yellow Sand Cult headquarters in Ziling City, while Blood Owl oversaw the cult’s expansion across Gray Rock Star. The Yellow Sand Cult President learned that Jiang Fan had wiped out the White Stone City branch, including Lord Crocodile.

• Jiang Fan left Broken Blade Tavern, wiped out the Yellow Sand Cult in White Stone City, and used Spatial Flash to reach Ziling City.
• Jiang Fan spread his perception across Ziling City to observe Blood Owl and investigate the Blood Butcher Organization’s plans.
• Blood Owl praised the Yellow Sand Cult’s leaders for bringing twenty-one of Gray Rock Star’s twenty-eight cities under their control and rewarded them with skill manuals.
• Blood Owl promised that the Blood Butcher would leave the Yellow Sand Cult to govern Gray Rock Star’s daily affairs once its forces had been unified.
• A subordinate reported that the Yellow Sand Cult’s White Stone City branch had been wiped out, including Lord Crocodile, shocking the Yellow Sand Cult President.

Blood Owl killed the Yellow Sand Cult president and appointed a replacement, demanding that he identify the person responsible for the White Stone City branch’s destruction within a day. Jiang Fan then entered Blood Owl’s hall and revealed that he had killed Roger, the Blood Butcher forces in the Shattered Corridor, and the Yellow Sand Cult branch.

• Blood Owl killed the Yellow Sand Cult president for failing to identify the attacker and appointed a black-haired elder as the new president.
• The new president promised to find the culprit within one day as Blood Owl described how he would torture the intruder.
• Jiang Fan walked into Blood Owl’s hall unnoticed and suggested how to torture the person Blood Owl was imagining.
• Jiang Fan identified himself and confessed to killing Roger, the Blood Butcher fighters in the Shattered Corridor, and the White Stone City branch.
• Blood Owl recognized Jiang Fan as the hall fell silent.

Jiang Fan battled Blood Owl inside the Yellow Sand Cult's main hall, overcoming the Blood Owl's deadly blood-shadow technique with his Gravity Domain and Time Stasis. He destroyed Blood Owl's vital meridians, leaving the Vice President defeated as the blood shadows disappeared.

• Blood Owl unleashed crushing pressure and threatened to torture Jiang Fan, who mocked him and stood unaffected.
• Blood Owl attacked with a huge Ghost Claw, but Jiang Fan used Spatial Ability to dodge and counterpunch him.
• Blood Owl transformed into thousands of blood shadows that pursued Jiang Fan, while Jiang Fan's Spatial Rift only split them temporarily.
• Jiang Fan stopped retreating and used his Gravity Domain to pin down Blood Owl and his blood shadows.
• Jiang Fan activated Time Stasis and shattered Blood Owl's vital meridians, causing the blood shadows to vanish.